Bernie Mac, RIP

Bernie Mac was a funny guy. Who couldn’t laugh at his prickly TV character. From the Associated Press in Chicago:

CHICAGO (AP) – A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died at age 50.

Publicist Danica Smith says Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia.

The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but he had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently had been hospitalized and treated for pneumonia.

Mac had starring roles in “Ocean’s Eleven,””Bad Santa,””Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and “Transformers.”

The comedian drew critical and popular acclaim with his Fox television series “The Bernie Mac Show,” which aired more than 100 episodes from 2001 to 2006.

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  1. A WONDERFUL MAN INDEED. SUCH A TRAGIC LOSS FOR AMERICA AND A TREMENDOUS LOSS FOR HIS FAMILY. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS. MAY GOD HOLD YOUR HANDS AND HEARTS WITH IN HIS. I KNOW THE COMFORT MAY NOT BE FELT RIGHT AWAY BUT IT WILL BECOME A LITTLE EASIER. WITH A PERSONALITY LIKE HIS… WOW!!! IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO PICTURE YOUR FUTURES WITHOUT THE LAUGHTER HE BROUGHT TO YOUR LIVES. BUT YOU ALL WHO WERE BY HIS SIDE ALL KNOW THE CONDITION HE WAS IN. THINK ABOUT GOD HAVING HIM NOW IN HIS CONTINUOUS CARE. HE NO LONGER HAS TO ENDURE HIS ILLNESS. HE IS WELL. JUST THINK OF HIM AS A ROSE IN A ROSE GARDEN. WHO GOD HAS WATERED… FERTILIZED… PRUNED… AND NOW AT FULL BLOSSOM. LOOKING SO BEAUTIFUL AND SMELLING SO EXTRAORDINARY THAT GOD WANTED TO HAVE HIM FOR HIMSELF AND PLACED HIM IN HIS ETERNAL VASE. AGAIN YOU ALL ARE IN MY PRAYERS. GOD BLESS YOU THE BERNIE MAC. RIP BERNIE

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